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ORIGINAL: AFV

Hey Chris
First off, great work. Anyone just taking on this monster deserves kudos- and then doing a great job of it on top of that- extraordinary!

Anyways
Under 9.1.1, the 6th bullet point reads
• Units that are below 40 automatically gain one morale point.

However, that does not appear to be true, at least for the Soviet player on turn 1 (results seen on start of turn 2), per a test game of mine.

ORIGINAL: AFV

Hey Chris
First off, great work. Anyone just taking on this monster deserves kudos- and then doing a great job of it on top of that- extraordinary!

Anyways
Under 9.1.1, the 6th bullet point reads
• Units that are below 40 automatically gain one morale point.

However, that does not appear to be true, at least for the Soviet player on turn 1 (results seen on start of turn 2), per a test game of mine.

One other comment- the first two bullet points read for units below 50 morale- and you get the impression that you are just as likely to gain a morale point if you are sitting at 40 morale vs 48 morale- however in practice, (for example) there does appear to be some kind of die roll that makes you much more likely to gain from 40 to 41, than from 48 to 49. I know that is sorta insinuated there is a die roll involved with the "can" part of the statement- but it is a bit misleading. Unless I am mistaken and it really is just as likely, certainly could be.

ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist

Lack of supply can hit morale. You should have a look if that was the case for the 37->36

Morale only grows to NM level for each unit. The 40/50 thresholds are not active anymore.

From what I know

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

According to post 26 here tm.asp?m=4628122 there was an error in the old manual that has never been corrected. Has the new manual included this, or is it worth including?

ORIGINAL: morvael

I think manual was never correct. The chance to get bonus +1 to admin rolls was always (number of support squads in hq / 1000), and I didn't invent that.

ORIGINAL: Chris21wen

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

According to post 26 here tm.asp?m=4628122 there was an error in the old manual that has never been corrected. Has the new manual included this, or is it worth including?

ORIGINAL: morvael

I think manual was never correct. The chance to get bonus +1 to admin rolls was always (number of support squads in hq / 1000), and I didn't invent that.

So this sentence can go from 11.3.1 then.

'Approximately one admin point is subtracted from the leader's admin rating for every ten percent the HQ unit is below its TOE support squad strength, with a max reduction of five points.'

ORIGINAL: morvael

Chris21wen, here are details of leader rolls:
fb.asp?m=3761599

ORIGINAL: Chris21wen
morvael, I've just read the manual in relation to how chain of command checks work and the manual gives the impression that only corps have a random(10) chance, while armies have a (20) chance etc. This is not correct is it? The (10) chance applies to immediate HQ, typically army for the Soviets.
The Command Range Modifier when applicable does apply though.

There are actually two "last chance" rolls possible, one (Die(100)<50+difficulty level-99) for
support units attached to cities and airbase units not attached to air HQs, and one
(Die(100)<difficulty level-99) for all units. This means that on default difficulty level of 100, the
first roll has a 50% chance of success, while the second 0%, and this goes smoothly by 1% up and
down depending on difficulty levels. For all rolls other than administrative roll, side's morale level is
used and for administrative roll, side's logistics level is used to determine bonus. In the previous
version of the game there was no equivalent of first roll, and the equivalent of the second one
varied from roll to roll: morale roll succeeded when Die(60)<side's morale level-100 (so it was
1.6% for each level after 101), all initiative rolls succeeded when side's morale level was greater
than 100, all admin rolls succeeded when side's logistics level was greater than 100, and other rolls
had no chance to succeed if the regular rolls failed. The new method is consistent and offers
smooth scaling of difficulty instead of kicking with full effect on level 101. Also the first roll in new
method is a "life saver" for units that are out of proper command chain, and 50% chance seemed
best choice.

ORIGINAL: 56ajax

I assume this sentence in 11.2.4 is now redundant?

Admin checks are specifically affected by the actual number of support squad ground elements in the leader's HQ unit as compared to the HQ unit TOE (11.3.1).